republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-425.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: the Public Works Peer Review Act of 2013."
description: "Existing law defines a public work as construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds; work done for irrigation, utility, reclamation, and improvement districts, and other districts of this type; street, sewer, or other improvement work done under the direction and supervision or by the authority of any officer or public body of the state; or of any political subdivision or district thereof, and public transportation demonstration projects, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 425"
citation: "California SB 425 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: the Public Works Peer Review Act of 2013."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b2679a3-d0c0-4c65-9fbe-66ab1805ef62"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB425"
source_hash: "5a0a5a2568a7d61391c62af1331c09d85eaa8fdd03500a216ef19917ab3838be"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 425 (20132014) — Public works: the Public Works Peer Review Act of 2013.

Existing law defines a public work as construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds; work done for irrigation, utility, reclamation, and improvement districts, and other districts of this type; street, sewer, or other improvement work done under the direction and supervision or by the authority of any officer or public body of the state; or of any political subdivision or district thereof, and public transportation demonstration projects, as specified.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB425&version=20130SB42599INT)
2. **04/18/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB425&version=20130SB42598AMD)
3. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB425&version=20130SB42597AMD)
4. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB425&version=20130SB42595CHP)
5. **SB425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB425)
6. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB425&version=20130SB42596ENR)

## Votes

- SB 425 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By FRAZIER — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance. — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 465.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 751.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1043.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** From consent calendar.
- **2013-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2722.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 252, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b2679a3-d0c0-4c65-9fbe-66ab1805ef62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).